Wellington Trindade Vitorino

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT WELLINGTON TRINDADE VITORINO

Wellington Vitorino has been an entrepreneur since he was a child. He founded a small candy factory at the age of 12. He worked as a popsicle seller in a military police battalion for three years of his youth. He was a public school student until he received a scholarship to attend the 3rd year of high school in a private school. To improve Portuguese, he wrote one essay a week and, as a result of this effort, got a top score in Enem\'s essay. Some institutions supported him: the American Embassy, ​​Parque da Gávea School, Casa de Espanha, and Oxford English Center to improve your education. He also holds a scholarship from Fundação Estudar for graduation in Brazil and holds a degree in Business Administration from Ibmec / RJ.He is the founder of Instituto Four, an organization responsible for ProLíder, the biggest youth leadership development program for the country, and organize Four Summit. He worked at Stone SA, a means of payment company, running a corporate education project. He is a fellow of the Young Talent Program of the Arymax Foundation and also of the Lemann Foundation Leaders. He is currently CEO of the Instituto Four, and Board Member of the Brazilian Sailing Confederation. His story was reported in the book Cultura de Excelência by Fundação Estudar, written by writer David Cohen. In 2020. he was chosen as a highlight in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Social Entrepreneurship and Third Sector category.